Top Requested songs for 2016

DJ Intelligence has once again compiled the list of the most requested songs for the year, as they do every year. The DJ Intelligence charts are regarded as the gold standard in event planning, downloaded tens of thousands of times and circulated to hundreds of thousands of clients annually. Compiled by analysing millions of actual client requests made through the DJ Intelligence music request system at weddings and parties around the world, we believe you will not find a more accurate representation of what songs are actually being requested and played at live events. Here’s what music we were listening to in 2016.

Top 30 Most Requested Songs

Based on millions of requests made through the DJ Intelligence music request system at weddings & parties in 2016

RANK

ARTIST

SONG

1

Ronson, Mark Feat. Bruno Mars

Uptown Funk

2

Journey

Don’t Stop Believin’

3

Walk The Moon

Shut Up And Dance

4

Cupid

Cupid Shuffle

5

Houston, Whitney

I VVanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

6

Diamond, Neil

Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)

7

Swift Taylor

Shake It Off

8

V.I.C.

Wobble

9

Black Eyed Peas

I Gotta Feeling

10

Sheeran, Ed

Thinking Out Loud

11

Williams, Pharrell

Happy

12

AC/DC

You Shook Me All Night Long

13

Usher Feat. Ludacris & Lil’ Jon

Yeah

14

DJ Casper

Cha Cha Slide

15

Mars, Bruno

Marry You

16

Bon Jovi

Livin’ On A Prayer

17

Maroon 5

Sugar

18

Isley Brothers

Shout

19

Morrison, Van

Brown Eyed Girl

20

B-52’s

Love Shack

21

Outkast

Hey Ya!

22

Brooks, Garth

Friends In Low Places

23

Legend, John

All Of Me

24

DJ Snake Feat. Lil Jon

Turn Down For What

25

Sir Mix-A-Lot

Baby Got Back

26

Timberlake, Justin

Can’t Stop The Feeling!

27

Loggins, Kenny

Footloose

28

Beatles

Twist And Shout

29

Earth, Wind & Fire

September

30

Jackson, Michael

Billie Jean

As expected, there are a few songs in there that are pretty much exclusively popular in the American market, such as ‘Cupid Shuffle’, ‘Cha Cha Slide’, ‘Shout’ (made popular again by the film Animal House), and the country classic ‘Friends In Low Places’.